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The Seekers frontwoman Judith Durham has died, aged 79

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It is with overwhelming sadness that Musicoast Pty. Ltd. and Universal Music Australia announces the death of…Posted by The Seekers on Saturday, August 6, 2022Durham’s family have asked for privacy in the wake of her passing.

Over the weekend, Victorian premier Daniel Andrews announced that – with the blessing of her family – Durham would be honoured at a state funeral.

In doing so, he described her as “a true icon of Australian music”, and asserted that “her memory will not only live on in her numerous hit songs, but in the hearts of generations of Victorians and Australians”.Born in 1943, Durham formed The Seekers with Guy, Potger and Woodley in 1962.

They released their first album, ‘Introducing The Seekers’, a year later. The band released a total of 13 albums – the most recent being 2019’s ‘Back To Our Roots’ – however Durham didn’t sing on any of the four released between 1975 and 1989, as she broke the band up to pursue a solo career in 1968, and wasn’t involved for their first two comebacks.As a solo artist, Durham released 11 studio albums, bookending her catalogue with the Christmas-themed albums ‘For Christmas With love’ (1968) and ‘It’s Christmas Time’ (2013).

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